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Friday, May 4: TRIO SETTECENTO — The Scottish Play
Friday, May 4, 2012
TRIO SETTECENTO
The Scottish Play Continue reading
Press Release for TRIO SETTECENTO — The Scottish Play
Download: HEM-PR-Settecento.022412FINAL
Trio Settecento highlights Scottish Baroque music
Chicago-based ensemble closes Houston Early Music’s season, May 4
HOUSTON, TX – March 19, 2012 – Chicago early music ensemble Trio Settecento will perform a program titled “The Scottish Play” at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church on Friday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. Closing the Houston Early Music 2011-2012 concert season, the performance will include both classical and folk music from the Baroque period, either composed in Scotland or inspired by the country.
Friday, March 2: LA MORRA Tears Of A Lion: A Secret Concert For Pope Leo X
Friday, Feb. 3: RICHARD EGARR, The Harpsichord’s Golden Century
Bob Stevenson’s interview with Richard Egarr on The Front Row
Many of you may have heard it already, but just in case you missed it, here is a link to Bob Stevenson’s interview with Richard Egarr on The Front Row:
http://www.thefrontrow.org/
Concert Program for RICHARD EGARR, The Harpsichord’s Golden Century
Press Release: La Morra debuts in U.S. with “Tears of a Lion”
La Morra debuts in U.S. with “Tears of a Lion”
Download Press Release: HEM-PR-LaMorraFINAL
Houston Early Music welcomes Swiss early music ensemble to Texas
HOUSTON, TX – January 25, 2012 – Swiss early music ensemble La Morra will visit Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m., as part of its first U.S. tour, which will take it to six cities across the country. The 12-year-old group will present “Lacrime di Leo (Tears of a Lion): A Secret Concert for Pope Leo X” on Houston Early Music’s season, treating audiences to little-heard gems from the early Italian Renaissance.
“All I want for Christmas is a sackbut.” ~ Sara Hessel, KMFA Music Director
A review of the Dufay Collective concert – by Sara Hessel, , music director and producer of “Ancient Voices” on Austin’s KMFA 89.5.
…I couldn’t believe my luck when I heard that the UK-based Dufay Collective would be performing in Houston! I’ve been a fan of their spirited performances for years, and have played their excellent recordings on Ancient Voices many times. Their program of 16th- and 17th-century English music was sheer joy to listen to. Vocalist Vivien Ellis seemed to have stepped right out of one of Henry VIII’s Christmas revels with her clarion tone, excellent diction and storyteller’s sense. Especially memorable was an anonymous ballad called “To drive the cold winter away,” and the very moving “Thys endere nyghyt,” gorgeously arranged by director William Lyons. It was fascinating to watch the players switch effortlessly from one instrument to another: Mr. Lyons played flute, recorder, curtal (an ancestor of the bassoon) and bagpipes!…